Cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han, always crowd favorites, will give their 18th Series performance on Sunday, Jan. 3 at 3 p.m. in Memorial Chapel.
During their upcoming recital, Finckel and Han, artistic directors of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, will play Beethoven’s complete sonatas for cello and piano.
Typical engagements for the duo each year also include performances at some of the country’s most prestigious venues, including Washington’s Kennedy Center, the Smithsonian Institute, Atlanta’s Spivey Hall, Boston’s Gardner Museum and Aspen’s Harris Concert Hall. Finckel and Han have played in Mexico, Canada, Scandinavia, the Far East and Europe as well.
The pair’s wide-ranging activities also include ArtistLed, classical music’s first musician-directed, Internet-based recording company. All 10 recordings released under the label since its establishment in 1997 have received critical acclaim. This season, ArtistLed releases its eleventh album, a recording of Schubert piano trios with violinist Philip Setzer. Setzer, like Finckel, is a member of the famed Emerson String Quartet.
Finckel and Han’s repertoire spans virtually the entire literature for piano and cello, with an equal emphasis on classic and contemporary pieces. Their commitment to new music has brought commissioned works by Bruce Adolphe, Lera Auerbach, Gabriela Lena Frank and Augusta Read Thomas to audiences around the world.
The concert is free to members of the Union community. General admission tickets cost $25, though area students may attend for $10. For a complete Series schedule, click here.